The Behrend Beacon SGA postpones elections, holds open forum SGA senators at last night’s open forum By Ayodele Jones managing editor The Student Government Associa tion held the first fall semester open forum at which none of the student body was present. On Wednesday, October 7, SGA gave students an op portunity to voice their concerns and grievances about campus life. The only problem was that the only stu dents present were those who com pose the SGA Senate. Several SGA Senators contributed their gripes about the campus, includ ing SGA Secretary Michelle Ben jamin. Benjamin, who lives in apart ment 506, described how the window in her bedroom came off track and fell SGA President Buck Goedicke at Wednesday’s Open Forum Pages 6-7 The Beacon’s Internet supplement. Surf the Web Erie, PA 16563 on her roommate. Despite this color ful anecdote, other students com plained about the dumpster by the apartments emitting a less than plea surable smell. The lack of numbers on apartments in the quad was also mentioned. Doug Watkins, a leader of Joint Residence Council, noted that Housing and Food Services was plan ning to install a directory of the apart ment quad at the kiosk at the top of the hill. Interrupting the forum was a phone call for “Chris.” SGA Senator Michael Kern answered the caller and told him that he contacted Reed 117 and unfortunately the only “Chris” in photo by Andrea ZaHino attendance was Chris Rizzo, Director of Student Activities. Senators for the two open frethmeh scats will officially be appointed next week. Yolayone Merced has dropped out of the race leaving the two remain ing candidates, Michael Ames and Christopher Buchanan, to gain these offices by default. The Joint Residence Council and the Commuter Council are planning to host a Police and Safety Forum. The time and date has yet to be an nounced. On November 04, SGA will hold its second forum hopefully with the addition of more students. Photo by Andrea Zatfino October 8, 1998 Volume XLVII No. 7 Computers in Reed prove popular with students By Will Jordan news editor “Catching up to the 21st century,” Chris Rizzo, Director of Student Ac tivities, commented about the com puters which are on the first floor of the Reed Union Building. “The Reed Union Building is the living room of the campus,” said Rizzo. The computers are there to give students a chance to check their email and surf the internet. Putting the computers in the Reed Union Building was a collaborative project between the Computer Center and Office of Student Affairs. Ron Hoffman, Manager of Network and Information Systems, said, “the computers are there to try to relieve pressure off of the computer labs.” The cost of putting the computers in Reed Union Building was approxi mately $7,000. This money was taken out of the student computer fee. “The furniture was the most expensive part,” Hoffman stated. The tables were specifically built for this pur pose. The other expenses were the wiring and networking. The co) iters which are being photo by Andrea Zaffino Students surf the net at the new computers in the Reed Union Building Married writers read recent work By Anne Rajotte editor in chief Wife and husband, Judith Kitchen and Stan Rubin, were described as “a “are almost as in love with words as they still are with each other,” Dr. Diana Hume George, Behrend English professor joint literary institution,” by Behrend English professor Dr. Diana Hume George. Each read selections from their recent works on Tuesday night. They “are almost as in love with words as they still are with each other,” commented Dr. George in her introduction. Judith Kitchen, a creative nonfic tion writer, read several essays from her autobiography, Only the Dance: Essays on Time and Memory. The topics ranged from a description of used right now are from one of the convenient since the computer labs They need some stools because people are tired of standing. People are always forced to sit on the back of the couches and eventually they are going to break And if they are worried about someone stealing a stool, they should just nail them down computer labs which was recently upgraded. The use of these comput ers instead of bying new ones was to help keep the costs down. Ron Hoffman stated that, “this is the best strategic location for the computers so that students can quickly check their email and surf the web.” Demeca Howard, 01 Business, said, “being a commuter, it is very conve nient for me because I do not have to walk all the way down to Hammermill to use the computer lab.” Jill Paetzold, 01 Elementary Education, said, “I think it’s really awesome. It makes it a lot easier. It is much more her family based on their various shades of blue eyes to a recounting of all of the forms of art she has at tempted and failed at which were singing, dancing, pottery and photog raphy. Kitchen tries to “blur the edge be tween nonfiction and poetry.” “But,” she added, “you can only do that for a second.” Stan Rubin a self described “lyric poet,” read poems that ranged from jazz to the Bog people in Scotland. He also read several poems from his book Midnight. He put the poems in the context of the various places he and his wife have lived which range from Massachusetts to Ireland. “Poetry is partly about self-recog nition,” Rubin commented. Both Kitchen and Rubin teach at SUNY-Brockport, where Rubin is the Poetry continued on page 2 v . i Chris Buchanan, 01 Political Science are always full.” Heather Hinz, 01 Elementary and Special Education, said, “I find it con venient to have these computers in the Reed Union Building because I’m able to check my email throughout the day rather than having to wait for an open computer in the computer lab." Chris Buchanan, 01 Political Science, said, “they need some stools because people are tired of standing. People are always forced to sit on the back of the couches and eventually they arc going to break. And if they are wor ried about someone stealing a stool, they should just nail them down.” Behrend Briefs Police and Safety SPC Movie: Out of Sight Calendar of Events Editorial: Kill the Whales Campus News MTV Porn Page 11 Women’s Volleyball What's Inside Page 5